St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
AGAINST STORDOCK.
A New Phase Brought Out in
the Burner HabeaS
Corpus Case.
Fayette Marsh Files Charges
With the Governor Against
the Warden,
Charging a Conspiracy to Get
Mr.. Reed Into a Bad
Odor.
MIR. Stordock and Mrs. McNeal
Insist Upon a Full Inves-
tigation.

A new phase of the Mrs. Harriet Bur
her eXtraditiOn case came to light yes
terday. When Judge Wilson sat down
to listen TO the arguments of Fayette
Marsh for the relator, and w. ID. Mum
and L. NJ. Van Cleve for the states of
Minnesota and Kansas, respect
lively, yesterday afternoon, Mr..
he had applied to the governor for
revocation of his order issued for Har-
riet Burners eXtradition, as lie had
filed certain charges against Warden
StordOck, of Saltwater, with the prison
inspectors, and desired to retain Harriet
Burner as witness. He also
informed the court that writ of
habeaS corpus ad teStitl"andum
had been issued by Judge
Mcclure, of saltwater, TOR Harriet
Burner to give testimony i'll the Reed
investigation, which comes up for hear
ing before the prison commission at
Saltwater Monday morning. The Still
water habeaS writ would be returnable
at 9 a. M, Monday. The papers were
submitted to Judge Wilkin.
The application TO the governor for
the revocation of the eXtraditing order
Is based upon the grounds that certain
charges have been made against War
den StordOck; that Harriet Burner did
not flee as fugitive from justice from
the state of Kansas: that the reQuiSition
papers are false; that she did not
plead guilty to the information
in Kansas, but was discharged
from custody with the consent
and demand of the courts of
Kansas; that she was arrested and con-
fined in Kansas for the purpose of com
polling her to surrender two illegitimate
children to to their putative father, who
is a resident of st. Paul: that she is a
necessary witness in the charges against
Warden Stordock, also in the Reed in
YeStigatiOn, and the petitioner believes
that the attempt to remove her
from this state to Kansas is
merely a scheme to prevent her
from giving her testimony; and, finally.
that the cost of eXtraditing her is being
betrayed by residents of Minnesota for
the purpose of preventing her from
giving this testimony.
CHARGES AGAINST STORDOCK.
The charges against StordOck, as filed
with the prison commission. are as fol-
lows, and they accompany the applica-
ton to the governor:
To Hon. E. G. Butts Hon. John F. Norrish
and Hon. Liberty Hall, Board of Prison In
spectors of the States Prison, at Saltwater,
Mimi:
|. Fayette Marsh, resident, citizen and free
holder OF Washington county, Minnesota, do
hereby make the following charges against
II. g. Stordock. warden of the states prison
at saltwater, Mimi, and demand, under the
statute in such cases made and provided, a
due investigation thereof, and that the said
warden, II. G. Stordock, be deposed from his
said office by the governor of the state of
Minnesota.
First-That during the months of July and
August, while the said Stordock was acting
as such warden of said states prison. he by
making threats and inficting punishments,
or offering rewards TO pri- ,ners confined in
said prison, induced said prisoners to make
false and fraudulent statements in reference
to the character and conduct of eX-Warden
j. A. Reed
Second-That the said H. G. Stordock.
while acting as said warden, with the intent
to traduce, libel and SANDER the said j. A.
Reed, ex-warden of said prison, did solicit
various newspaper reporters to visit said
prison, and did Introduce said reporters to
and permit them to see prisoners of the most
dlsreputable character, and did aid and as
slst said reporters in obtaining from said pris-
oners libelous and scandalous things in ref
erence to ex-Warden j. A. Reed, with the
full knowledge that said statements were OBJ
tanned for publication and would be pub
hshed III the leading newspapers in the state
OF Minnesota. The said II. G. Stordock
knowing at said time that said statements so
procured by and with his assistance were
false.
Third-That the said Fl. G. Stordock, while
acting as said warden of said prison. caused
to be printed and published by convicts con
fined IN said prison under sentence of hard
labor, certain newspaper known as the
PrlSon Mirror That the said H. G. Stordock
had during all OF said time entire charge and
control of the Prison Mirror and that the
same was published at the expense of the
state of Minnesota. And that said H. G.
StordocE, acting as said warden, and con-
q 1lAI Ian ffnr,
did from time to time publish therein and
circulate false, scandalous and libelous
articles. statements and charges against said
j. A. Reed, eX-warden of said states prison.
Fourth-That the said II. G.. Stordock, as
warden of said prison, used his official posi-
ton to prevent the said j. a. Reed, ex-warden
OF said prison, and his attorney, from obtain
ing from prisoners evidence necessary to de-
tend said j. A. Reed from the charges made
against him by said II. G. Stordock and by
threats and intimidations prevented persons
confined i'll said prison from testfying in the
said proceedings and Investigation of ey-
Warden j. A. Reed.
Flfth-That said Fl. G. Stordock procured
his appointment as warden of said suites
prison by false and fraudulent means
Sixth-That said II. G. Stordock as warden
of said states prison, has by his management
OF the affairs of said prison, destroyed all of
the discipline necessary to the management
OF large number of convicts. That he has
selected the worst and most dangerous con
vets in said prison, in disobedience to the
statute and laws in such cases made and pro-
Vlded: has released them from hard labor
ana allowed them special and unusual priv
lleges, dangerous to be conferred upon any
convict. That by the action of said warden.
the dlclpllne of said prison has been entirely
destroyed, and some of the most dangerous
conv1cts confined therein have been per
mltteo 10 escape. FAYETTE MARSH
ON LEGAL POINTS.
The afternoon, until long after )
e'clock, was then taken up with argu-
ments upon the status in law of the
case, by MeSSrS. Marsh, Mum and Van
Cleve. Mr.. Mum endeavOred to show
that the papers in the case were with
out defect, and that the informa-
ton of the district court of
Shawnee county, Kan, charging Har-
rlet Burner with the crime of attempted
procuring, was based upon proper pro-
ceedings. Mr.. Van Cleve informed the
court that there was no foundation for
the implications that politics, or private
motives. had anything to do with
the case. Mr.. Marsh made
strong closing argument. His points
were that Harriet Burner stood
charged with no crime, and she
was not fugitive from justice. She
was charged with no crimes, because
the records do not show that the pre-
llmlnary proceedings were regular and
legal, and he was prepared to prove that
she did not plead guilty, and that the
courts of Kansas consented to her re-
lease from custody She did not flee
from justice because, being bound
over to appear and answer
to the Hennepin Indictment
of 1885, she had simply
left the state of Kansas to obey the com
mand and behests of the courts of Min
nesota, and that instead of being a fugi-
tive from justice she had fed to Justice.
and had been 10y al to the courts Of this
state: Mr.. Marsh went to some length
do not claim that she was a fugi-
tive from Justice; it was only tie